cheryl conner was at a party in his honor over the weekend expe are ports on what the family needs now. >> reporter: on the pier at the eastern yacht club, fitted with a life jacket, off daniel goes with his parents and siblings. this is far from the doctors at shock trauma where he spend two weeks recovering from a gunshot at perry hall high on the first day of school. we got to follow his boat on a ride like he has never had before. it takes ten minutes to get to heart miller island where he waves to the boaters who are here for him. >> he was smiling and laughing. >> reporter: the end of the summer party was planned for this day, organizers turned it in to a fundraiser for the 17 year old saying the family shared the hospital bills, could be $100,000 or more. plus there is the in home care and rehabilitation. >> he came home and was like the same boy that left. >> reporter: daniel is anchored down and relaxing on a houseboat as his favorite artist, lady gaga is played. >> when i saw those boats out there, i thought wow, this is what it is about. >> reporter: a big thumbs up for how

cheryl conner was there. >> reporter: on the pier at the eastern yacht cl, fitted with a life jacket, and off, daniel goes with his parents, and siblings. he spent two weeks recovering from a gunshot at perry hall high on first day of school. we got to follow his boat on a ride like he has never had before. it takes ten minutes to get to heart miller island where he waves to the boaters here for him. >> lewas smiling and laugh -- he was smiling and laughing. >> reporter: the end of the summer party was planned for this days but organizers turned it in to a fundraiser for the 17 year old, saying the family shared the hospital bills, could be $100,000 or more. there is the in home care and rehabilitation. daniel is anchored down and relaxing on a houseboat as his favorite artist is played. when i saw those boats out there, i thought wow, this is what it's about. people giving, people caring. >> a big thumbs up for how far daniel has come, he is the captain with day one of the school year behind him. >> the support has been incredible. i could never say the words i need to say to express

cheryl conner abc2 news. >>> so called popular kids thought they pulled off a prank. it backfired. now they are embarrassed on tv ne. find out what happened here. >> it is cool overhead now. spotty showers moving across the state. it is a warm up in the seven- day forecast. that's coming up. >>> 16-year-old high school student was honored for the high school court as a prank. now the joke is on the bully. >> reporter: it was the whirl wind weekend that wasn't supposed to be. hummer limo at the homecoming dance. standing ovation on the football field. sophomore whitney on the homecoming court in her michigan high school. last week she found out her nomination for homecoming queen was a prank engineered by bullies. 16-year-old was so upset she thought about suicide. >> i thought i wasn't worthy. >> reporter: with the help of family and friends support whitney facebook page was set up receiving 20,000 likes. her story touching people around the country and the world. >> i want her to know there are people here for her. >> reporter: in a rally of support, local businesses stepped in. o

. >> cheryl conner spoke with business openers to get thoughts on this year's race. take a look. >> reporter: tearing down the walls for a secondee of the baltimore grand prix, the construction doesn't make as much noise as the race cars that turn downtown baltimore in to a trap with speeds of 180 miles per hour, while the rest of us stood still. literally if you were driving near the inner harbor, pratt was shut down through the weekend putting business owners on edge. >> i think this year was with us. the race was over at 6:00. everybody came out. >> reporter: little italy, the opener says this year was many successful than the first grand prix, a special menu, cool wine cellar and bocce ball inside brought people in. the owner says his business will do better this weekend when the yankees are in town and ravens start regular season at home. some business owners hope the streets re-open for good, the barriers never come back and the curtain is closed on the grand prix of baltimore. >> that was shell cheryl reporting. he is a line backer and beloved mvp, lewis is a

. >> reporter: cheryl conner, abc2news. >> now members of the group hold a news conference on saturday morning before they go and knock on five thousand doors? do you plan to vote on the dream act? a marketing survey shows that 58 percent of maryland residents do. some of the other hot button issues, 54% said you are voting for barack obama, 51% said they would vote for same-sex marriage, only 41% said you would vote to expand gambling. remember that electricity's coming up -- election day is coming up november 5th. >>> will he make it to the playoffs? jamie costello joins us now. i guess it depends on how the other teams play. >> that's right. the orioles have got to win, friday, sad, and sunday -- saturday and sunday against the boston red sox. and really the los angeles angels followed by the tampa bay rays. if they lose and the oralioles continue -- it was just a great game. bottom of the first, dave mccloud leads off with a home run. we had an onslaught of home runs tonight. chris davis had two. many muchatfo had two. they have hit 215 on the year. it was a great win. 12-2. oriole

cheryl conner, abc2news. >> we lost a lot of history when two people who lived a long time in east baltimore both died in two separate fires over the weekend. reginal rustle was killed early saturday morning. a day later and just a mile away a fire broke out in the 2200 block of east north avenue. >> my son in law and his friends tried to get in there to get her out. they busted the door. the air conditioner out the window. >> when the air conditioner came out, all the fire and smoke. >> fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the to irand whether there were working smoke alarms in either home. >>> petty officer first class patricks died in afghanistan. he and several americans were killed when their helicopter went down in a firefight. hundreds of people including am ilitary vets lined route 2 in edgewater today to welcome him home for the final time. >> this boy coming home is the best of the best we had to offer in this country. and the least i can do is give my respect to him in any way i can. >> a viewing will be held tomorrow between 2:00 and 4:00 at callus funeral hom

cheryl conner. abc-2. >>> tonight, we learned the suspect in the murder of an elderly couple was found after he overdosed in an oklahoma hotel room. police took him to the emergency room, there was a hit on his name in the system. the suspect, matthew long, is the victim's grandson. they were found dead in their homes last week. detectives have traveled to oklahoma, but not talked to him yet. >>> a video went viral. a fight on cell phones outside a high school in howard county. today, the sentence was handed down. back in march the fight happened. the victim was knocked to the ground, unconscious. he was convicted of a second agree assault and got 60 days in jail. >>> we've seen this time and time again. police say an edgewood woman went over the edge when she missed a parking spot. it was right outside the staples store in white marsh. she jumped out of her car, started to push and shove, and according to witnesses, got back in the car, used that as a weapon, pinned a woman against her car, and as